Love Always

Description

A compelling and heartbreaking tale of lost love, family secrets and those little moments that can change your life for ever. Returning to the wild Cornish coast for the funeral of her beloved grandmother, Natasha has no idea of how things are about to change. This trip reunites her with her large and complicated family for perhaps the last time: Summercove, her grandparents' beautiful house by the sea, is being sold. With it go a generation of memories and the key to the death, many years ago, of fifteen-year-old Cecily, her aunt, a tragedy that no one ever discusses. When she finds the opening pages of Cecily's diary, written the summer she died, Natasha discovers the family she idealised has secrets that have long been buried. But where is the rest of the diary? Back in London, trying to rebuild her own life, Natasha is haunted by Cecily's writing and the tragic tale of love, rivalry and heartbreak promised in those scant pages. She has to know what happened, the summer her aunt died. And so she makes some life-changing decisions - and in the process finds out that a second chance at love might be possible...

Harriet Evans is the author of five previous novels, Going Home, A Hopeless Romantic, The Love of Her Life, I Remember You and Love Always all of which were bestsellers. She lives in London and now writes full time.

Praise for Harriet Evans: 'I love Harriet's combination of great writing talent and a wonderfully warm heart.' Jilly Cooper 'Comfort reading of the highest order' India Knight 'A sweeping novel you won't put down' Katie Fforde 'Richly layered . . . Unforgettable . . . This is a story to get truly lost in' Isabelle Broom 'A wonderful, engrossing novel, full of the most vivid characters and a truly memorable setting. A triumph' Sophie Kinsella 'She reels you in and then you're hooked, right to the last page' Patricia Scanlan 'Atmospheric and altogether wonderful' Lesley Pearse 'I love it on so many levels, the immense feeling of place, the slow, irresistible sense of being drawn deep into the family and its story, and the strange hovering of menace. Wonderful' Penny Vincenzi 'Spellbinding' Independent 'Gripping' Irish Times 'Gorgeous' Stylist 'A poignant story of love and loss' Daily Mail 'Must Reads' 'I can't remember the last time I was so enthralled' Red 'Epic, absorbing ... Full of intrigue and emotion' Fabulous 'By turns painfully sad and heart-lifting, with characters that stay with you' Good Housekeeping 'A poignant tale' Woman 'A touching tale' Daily Express 'Touching, engrossing and convincing... you'll want to devour it in one sitting' Telegraph 'Harriet Evans is a master at creating characters you feel like you know inside out, and wish you could meet in real life' Heat 'Harriet Evans is the reigning queen of the big house family drama' i newspaper 'She's as good as the great Rosamunde Pilcher' Saga